YfnI
- Description: general stress protein, minor lipoteichoic acid synthetase, major secreted protein, required for survival at low temperature (4°C)
| Gene name | yfnI |
| Synonyms | yetP, ltaSA |
| Essential | no |
| Product | minor lipoteichoic acid synthetase |
| Function | biosynthesis of lipoteichoic acid |
| MW, pI | 73 kDa, 5.951 |
| Gene length, protein length | 1917 bp, 639 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | yetO, yfnH |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, W, X, Y), phosphoproteins
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU07260
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: LTA synthase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification: phosphorylation on (Thr-311 OR Ser-312) PubMed
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- Localization: extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: Q797B3
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon: yfnI (according to DBTBS)
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- SM-NB (yfnI-spc), available in Anne Galinier's and Boris Görke's labs
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
